The pinch technique and its applications to non-Abelian gauge theories

The Pinch Technique and its Applications to Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-286

  Cornwall, John M ^a   Papavassiliou, Joannis ^b   Binosi, Daniele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c European Centre for Theoretical Studies Nuclear Physics and Related Areas   (Italy)

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